Home of the Brave

The chief priest appeared on the rostrum, holding a white handkerchief in his hand. The meaning of the white handkerchief means that this duel was carried out under the witness of Albers. When the chief priest let go of the handkerchief, and the handkerchief was carried by the wind to the sky, it was the beginning of the duel.

According to the rules of the "Trial of the Brave", the two challengers, Dai Yang and the Duke, must challenge the monsters that appear one by one. Until one of them could no longer fight, he was sentenced to be defeated in a duel. Since there are two challengers, two monsters appear at the same time. When both monsters are defeated, the next batch of monsters will continue to be released. The advantage of this rule is that if you can defeat the monster you challenge first, you can get time to rest and adjust when your opponent is fighting.

"Huh, come on! Come on here, boys!"

When he came to his own challenge zone, the Duke stared at the gate where the monster appeared, feeling the blood boiled after a long absence.

When he was young, he had challenged the "Brave Test" as an adventurer, but he fell short before he succeeded. The Duke has always been brooding about this. This time, taking advantage of the opportunity to teach the juniors to challenge the "Brave Experiment" again, it is also of great significance to wash away the shame. I remember that when I challenged, the first monster that came out was the jungle great ape. I wonder what it is this time?

The Duke clenched the sword in his hand and stared at the slowly opening gate. Under the duke's 120,000 expectant gaze, a tuft of frozen purple gelatinous monster slowly moved out of the gate.

The appearance of the first monster caused a whisper in the audience. Almost everyone showed the same astonished expression as the Duke. The purple jelly-like monster in front of him was not a slime called a "stepping stone for ten thousand years"?

"...This kind of stuff can also be ranked first, and it seems that the'Trial of the Brave' has also fallen..."

Looking at the purple slime slowly creeping in front of him, the Duke's fighting spirit was slumped like a basin of ice water. He didn't bother to care about Dai Yang's movement over there, raising his leg and stepping towards the slime on the ground. In the common sense of adventurers, slime is a slow-moving monster that is not threatening at all. Therefore, the Duke’s reaction cannot be wrong, but if it is replaced by a female knight who has suffered a lot, I am afraid it will be more cautious. .

"Such goods can be solved with just one kick..."

The Duke's heavy steel shoes wrapped in iron armor easily kicked away the slime's weak defense. Seeing the slime melted into pieces and scattered, the Duke shrugged his shoulders, and when he was about to declare victory, he suddenly realized that his left foot was smoking.

"Hmm? This, this is..." The part of the left foot armor that was smeared with slime body fluid, like it was corroded by strong acid, white smoke appeared on the metal surface, and at the same time A strong burning sensation came from the skin.

"Asshole thing! This kind of institution!" The Duke stomped on the spot, while trying to shake off the remaining corrosive liquid, while looking bitterly at the remains of the slime, he was surprised to find that he was originally The slimes that he kicked away gradually gathered again.

"What! Isn't that an ordinary slime?"

"That, I think it should be a specially trained combat slime."

Just as the Duke was shocked by this, the black-haired youth's voice sounded not far away. As a challenger, Dai Yang also appeared in front of the same purple slime, but because he did not provoke the slime casually, the situation seemed more calm than the Duke.

"What? The cultivated battle slime?" The Duke glared at the armor that had been corrupted beyond recognition, gritted his teeth and cursed: "Which bastard! It's so boring to cultivate this kind of ghost?"

The duke's roar reached the rostrum, and the female knight who had also suffered a loss there couldn't help but secretly nodded her head inwardly.

"Uh, there are such boring people in the world..." Dai Yang scratched his head embarrassedly, and explained with an apologetic voice. "Like this purple slime, its body fluid is strongly acidic, and it has a serious corrosive effect on metal objects, so it is best not to use weapons to deal with it. In addition, it has a strong self-repair ability, unless it is Its core is destroyed, otherwise it will continue to recover if it is attacked."

"Core? Hey, why is your kid so clear?" The Duke looked suspicious.

"Well, these slimes are produced in the Frost Mountain Range. I have encountered them many times, and they were miserable in the beginning..." Dai Yang's face showed an unforgettable look, and then he shook his head. Attention came back. "But no matter how you train it, slimes are still slimes. As long as you master the trick, they are basically easy to deal with."

I saw Dai Yang remove a pocket from his waist, grabbed a handful of gray powder from the pocket, and sprinkled it on the slime in front of him. As the gray powder fell on the slime, the jelly-like shape of the slime began to violently turbulent. In less than a minute, the slime's gel mass turned into a pool of clear water and dispersed, leaving only a fist-sized core in place, followed by being crushed by the black-haired youth.

The invulnerable battle slime was so simply cleaned up by the black-haired youth, not only was the audience dumbfounded, even the Duke almost dropped his chin to the ground.

"Huh? Ah, this is the special slime powder sold in this store. No matter what type of slime it is, it can be easily destroyed by sprinkling it on." Dai Yang took the bag and sold it to the Duke. "A bag of only forty-five liens is enough to destroy a large group of slimes. Father-in-law, would you like to have some?"

"Smelly...Smelly boy! What do you think of this place! Also, don't call me father-in-law!"

The Duke was irritated by the black-haired youth's behavior with obvious advertising nature, and immediately drew his sword and rushed towards the recovered slime.

"Fantastic! Even if you don't use that kind of thing, a mere slime is nothing to be afraid of!"

The Duke roared, the sword light flashed, and the core of the slime was severed on the spot. The slime that had lost its core quickly dispersed into a thick juice and dissipated. However, at the price, the Duke's sword was also contaminated with a large amount of body fluid from the slime. There were bursts of strong white smoke from the sword's body, and the Duke hurriedly shook off the corrosive liquid on the sword, but he was a step late.

Amidst the audience's exclamation, the originally sharp sword suddenly became rusty, as if it had just been picked up from the waste pile.

"I... my sword..." The Duke looked at the sword that had been with him for many years in amazement, showing an expression of great regret.

"...That can't be used anymore, my father-in-law." Dai Yang, who was not far away, also sighed regretfully and suggested kindly. "I lost the weapon in the first battle. Isn't this a good sign? But I only have a dagger here, otherwise, how about you use it?"

"Smelly boy! Who wants your dagger! Also, don't call me father-in-law!" The Duke threw off the broken sword that he could no longer use, and moved the shield to his right hand. "But a mere slime, don't underestimate the strength of the brave! Even without a sword, the old man can fight with his fists! Let go!"

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The Duke clearly stated his determination to fight to the end. According to the rules, the second batch of monsters of "Trial of the Brave" also appeared at this time.

As the gate of the Arena opened again, the Duke did not dare to be careless anymore, holding on to the shield and staring at the gate's exit. Just hearing a roar, a dark figure rushed out. Before the Duke came to see the other side's appearance, a fierce impact was already coming from the shield. Accompanied by a muffled sound of "boom," he was knocked back five or six steps, and his entire right arm almost broke.

The Duke took several breaths in succession, finally suppressing the turbulent blood, and then stared intently. I saw a wild boar the size of a hill just ahead, staring at him with blood-red eyes. The wild boar lowered its head and scratched the ground, and the left and right pairs of fangs rubbed against each other, making a frightening noise.

"The wild... the wild boar king! It's the wild boar king!"

Seeing the appearance of the monster on stage, there was a sound of exclamation from the audience.

The wild boars controlled by the orcs were originally a great scourge on the Gulambel Plain. In front of the rampant pig, even the stone wall was vulnerable to a blow, and the Boar King, as the uppermost species of the wild boar, possessed the fear and violence of razing a village independently. According to the truth, fierce monsters of this level should only appear in the last few battles. Who knows that this time they got so crazy just after reaching the second, and then think of the weird slime in the first battle, the audience can't help but The development under the docking is full of expectations.

"...Ooooooh, it's starting to be interesting."

Back on the fighting arena, the Duke and the Boar King confronted each other. Looking at the ferocious monster in front of him, the duke's once sluggish fighting spirit burned again.

He threw off the shield in his hand, opened his hands, and let out a short and powerful shout.

The wild boar king was irritated by the duke's provocation, and he roared, kicked the ground with four hooves, and suddenly came towards the duke pig with his head buried.

The Duke stared at the rushing wild boar king, and at a moment of no time, he grabbed the fangs on both sides of the wild boar king, and he used brute force to block the momentum!

"Hulu Hulu Hululu!"

"Oh oh oh!"

The wild boar king uttered a deep roar, and green veins appeared on the front of the duke's forehead. In the agitation of strength and strength, the roars of both sides resounded through the sky, and many audiences with fragile hearts showed unbearable expressions.

The wrestling between humans and monsters lasted for half a minute, and the wild boar king's momentum finally faded. The Duke seized the opportunity, roared, and stumbled the Boar King to the ground with all his strength. The fallen wild boar king kicked all his hooves indiscriminately, struggling to stand up, only to hear the duke roar again, and an iron fist hit the wild boar king's jaw heavily. The Boar King snorted and fainted on the spot.

"Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhah

The Duke who defeated the Boar King, panting hard in place, filled with the joy of defeating a powerful enemy.

While savoring the long-lost pleasure, the Duke secretly glanced at the black-haired youth. The Boar King was no match for a slime. The Duke thought that Dai Yang would no longer be able to make opportunistic tricks this time.